CHAPTER 5 Faximum Messaging Server + PLUS

CHAPTER 5 Faximum Messaging Server + PLUS

The Faximum Messaging Software can be installed in two ways:

• as a stand-alone email/fax gateway and fax server combination (called the Faximum Messaging Server); and
• as a combination of the FMS and Faximum PLUS products (called FMS + PLUS).

Some of the features of the FMS+PLUS product that go beyond the combination of the feature sets of the two products:

• received faxes can be automatically routed using DID (or ISDN DDI) technology
• automatically routed faxes can either be delivered in their entirety (i.e. as a TIFF-F attachment) or stored on the server with the URL alone being emailed to the intended recipient
• received faxes can be stored on the server and the ability to view, print, and manage them on the server using a web browser (as opposed to having received faxes delivered as email)
• received faxes can be automatically printed on any network printer
• faxes can be sent using a web browser, optionally attaching documents from a library of saved literature
• detailed accounting records can be kept (i.e. the ability to charge faxes to specific client or project accounts)
• fax can be scheduled to reduce tool charges -- automatic delayed long-distance faxing, and least-cost routing -- FMS sends all faxes as soon as possible
• users can select from multiple cover sheet designs as part of the FMS address
• received faxes can be passed to specified programs to handle either all faxes or only faxes routed to a specific user (this can result in the automatic printing of received faxes or other action)

FMS+PLUS-Specific Configuration Parameters

As you are no doubt aware, every fax request that is sent to a Faximum PLUS must have an account, class of service, and style specified. With the FMS+PLUS this can be done explicitly (see the next section) or by default. In order that email messages that do not specify these parameters are successfully sent, you must specify in the faximum.conf file the default values for these parameters.

Please edit the faximum.conf file and add three lines of the form:

efg-account = Default

efg-class = Default

efg-style = Default

Please change the right hand side to the appropriate value for your system.

Specifying Parameters

In order to allow FMS+PLUS users complete control on how their messages are handled by the system, it is possible to specify in an email message the values for the account, class of service, and style databases (thus overriding the defaults set in the faximum.conf file as described above).

There are two methods. One can set the parameters in the email address itself or one can specify the parameters in the headers of the email message. For example, one could compose an email message addressed to:

Jane/ACME_Company/style=invoice/FAX=9268182@fax.company.com

which would cause the style called "invoice" to be used for this fax request.

Alternatively, one could place the following email header in the message:

x-fxm-style=invoice

Similarly one can use either of the above techniques to specify the account or class.

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